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   Daniel70 to Woozy Song   
   Re: How do "they" Speed-test Internet Li   
   09 Sep 25 21:42:40   
   
   From: daniel47@somewhere.someplaceelse   
      
   On 9/09/2025 2:30 pm, Woozy Song wrote:   
   > Daniel70 wrote:   
   >> (Posted to both Win-11 and Linux groups)   
   >>   
   >> Some years ago, The Australian Government set up a "company" to   
   >> connect everyone up to the Internet. Commercial Buildings would get   
   >> Fibre-to-the-Building whilst Homes would get Fibre-to-the-Node then   
   >> twisted pair to the Home .... unless the Home-owner paid the extra   
   >> bucks to get Fibre-to-the-Home.   
   >   
   > Actually, the first suburbs rolled out got FTTH, I was lucky to be in   
   > one. But then under pressure from Murdoch, the government went for the   
   > mixed madness system (FTTN, coax, fixed wireless, whatever shit was in   
   > the spare parts bin....)   
      
   Oh!! Are you Inner-suburban or something, Woozy?? Or Canberra?? ;-P   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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